Clipper.



N. AOCISANO.

CLIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.14,1912. 1,086,799. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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CLIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Application filed December 14, 1912. Serial No. 736,739.

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lle it known that. I, NTCHOLAS Aot'isaxo, a subjectv of the King ofItaly, and residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State ofNewjlersey. have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClippers, of which the following is a specification.

ln clippers of the type to which my invention amiertains, a multipletoothed stationary blade is provided over which the multiple toothedreci 'irocating blade is o ')erated. the multiple teeth of the twoblades serving as a shearing device for shearing the. hair from the headof a person or the body of an animal. the hair passing between themultiple teeth in somewhat. the same manner as it does l'ictween theteeth of a comb. This operation, however, is well known. In using thisdevice where it. is desired to grade the. clipping. that is, to cut thehair close to the skin at one. point and grade the cutting tlu-reof. togradually lengthen it at others it. is necessary to tilt the handles ofthe clipper using the heel of the stationary blade as a sort of afulcrum to bear upon the skin of the. subject. This often producesuneven cutting and results in the ragged t'tp[)0t1l2lntf0 of the hairafter the operation is completed.

The object. of my invention is to provide a clipper with power o'ierating mechanism for reoiprocating the movable blade and provide thestationary blade with a pivoted comb on its under side and utilize themo\ able handle f the clipper for oscillating the pivot comb toward andaway from the under side of the stationary blade. The points of theteeth of the comb in operation bear upon the skin or scalp of thesubject.

and as the comb is oscillated away from the stationary blade it servesto elevate the ensubject. l also provide upon the handles f the device ascale by which the degree of oscillation of the comb may be readilyobserved, this and other improvements in the clipper forms the subject.matter of my inveution.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of the specification:Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of my improved clipper with theincloslng cap or cover removed to show the interior mechanism. Fig. 2 isa side elevation partly in Section of the clip per. Fig. a plan view ofthe. stationary blade. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the comb.

Fig. 0 IS a side elevation of the comb. Fig.

6 is a side elevation of the cap or cover and Fig. 7 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 8 illustra es. a slight modification of the drivingmechanism for operating the reciprocating blade.

Similar reference numerals refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

The clipper consists essentially of a spring barrel 1. having integrallyconnected therewith the handle 2 and a forwardly extending step 3. Theso-called stationary blade 4 is secured to the step 3 by means of twoscrews .7. This stationary blade is provided with the. plurality ofcutting teeth 6, at its forward rdgep Two upwardly extending posts 7 arerigidly secured to the upper side of the stationary blade t. which serveas guides for the reciprocating blade 8. The latter blade provided withthe plurality ot' cutting teeth 9 usually two or three fewer in numberthan time upon the stationary blade. 4. Th sl ts 10 are provided in therm-iprocating blade which take over the posts 7 above referred to. Thereciprocating blade 8 is also provided with the oval slot ll. in itscenter for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The step 3 is provided with an upwardly extending screw threaded post 12 which serves thedouble 1 purpose of forming a pivot for the handle l3, and alsofastening means of the cover or cap 14. lhis cap is of the general shapeand contour as illustrated in Fig. 7 and is provided with an aperture 15Which takes over the threaded post 12 and is secured to said post bymeans of the thumb nut 16. The rear end of the on p bearing rests uponthe spring barrel. 1 as shown while the for ward edge rests upon theupwardly extending posts 7. Small dowel holes are provided tire clipperfrom the skin or scalp of the 111 said posts 7 to receive the dowelpoints .17 in the lower side of the cap, so that when in position thethumb nut 16 rigidly secures the cap in position. The rear corners ofthe stationary blade 4 are notched out as at 18 and in the para lelfaces of such notched out portions, I provide the screw holes 19.lVithin the spring barrel 1 is a coil spring 20, one end of which bearsupon the adjust ing screw cup 21, and the opposite end bears upon aspring cap 22, the outer face of which is provided with a conical cavity23. The cap 22 is held from escape by means of the ledge extendingaround the cavity of the spring barrel 1. The pivot handle 31 as abovedescribed is pivotally mounted upon close to the skin of the subject aspossible.

the post 12, underneath the cap or cover 14,

which serves to retain it in position. This handle is provided with asmall ball pointed pin which bears in the conical cavity 23. It will beseen that when the handle 13 is gripped in the hand with the handle 2,the spring 20 serves to yieldingly resist any pressure upon the handle.Projecting laterally from the side of the handle 13, is an arm 24, whichnormally lies parallel to the side of the spring barrel, said springbarrel serving as a stop for said arm to prevent the spring within thebarrel from opening the handle too wide.

Upon the parallel faces of the notched rear portion 18 of the stationaryblade 4 are pivoted two upwardly extending pivot lugs of the comb 26,said comb normally lying flat against the lower side of the stationaryblade, but capable of swinging upon the pivot screws 25; which latterare screwed into the apertures 19. The left hand pivot lug 25 isprovided with an upwardly extending supplemental lug 27, which islocated just forward of and in position of engagement with the extremityof the arm 25, so that as the arm 24 is moved forwardly by theoperation'of the handle 13, the comb may be oscillated upon its pivots.Secured to the center of the rear edge of the comb is a flat spring 28,the free end of which bears upon the lower side of the spring barrel 1and serves to yieldingly hold the said comb flat against the under sideOf the stationary blade. r

In the cap or cover 14 is the journal bearing 29, in which is locatedthe short section of shaft 30, upon the inner end of which is located aneccentric cam 31., the latter when in position being located in the slot11 in the reciprocating blade. The outer end of the shaft is rigidlysecured to a flexible shaft 352 leading from some motor, preferably anelectric motor. It will be readily seen that the rotation of theflexible shaft will rotate the short shaft in its bearing and with itthe eccentric cam, resulting in the rapid reciprocation of the blade 10.When the handle l3 is moved upon the pivoting post 12, the arm 24 willoscillate the comb away from the blade 4. l t the points of the teeth ofthe comb bear upon the skin or scalp of the. subject the result will. bethe elevation of the stationary blade 4'; in fact the whole device willbe carried away from the skin or scalp of the subject. The points of theteeth 26' of the comb are curved and normally located in the slotsbetween the teeth of the stationary blade, so that the points of theteeth in the stationarv blade may be operated as Ordinarily the pointsof the. teeth of the stationary blade are chamfered upwardly as shown inFig. 2, as this permits the points subject and .thus clip' the hair muchmore closely than otherwise could be done if the teeth were chamfered orwardly.

Projecting rearwardly from the spring barrel and extending in the arc ofthe circle of which the post 12 is the center is a flat scale 33, andupon the handle 13 is located an arm 34, at the outer extremity of whichis a pointer 35, in position of register with the divisions upon thescale. The scale and pointer serves as an index to the degree ofoscillation of the comb.

I/Vhile I have shown a specific means of oscillating the comb from thepivot handle 13. I do not desire to confine myself to that only, as anymeans for oscillating the comb would come within the spirit and scope ofmy invention.

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated a slight modilcation of the means forreciprocating the blade 8. In this case the cam slot 36 is provided withthe are shaped ends 37. On the lower end of the short section oftheshatt 30, I provide a cam arni 38 which projects into the slot 32 forengagement with the cams It will be readily seen that the rotation ofthe shaft 30 with the cam arm 34, will result in rapid intermittentreciprocation of the blade 8, and that during the period when the end ofthe cam arm 34 is not in contact with the earns 33, the blade 8 will besubstantially at rest in either one of its extreme positions. Thoseperiods of rest are quite essential to the proper operation of theclipper, for the reason that if the shaft 30 is rotated at a high rateof speed, the form of the eccentric cam illustrated in Fig. 1, willleave no short periods of rest. for

the blade 8. with the result that the hair of the subject will have notime to be arranged properly between the teeth of the stationary blade4. Ordinarily, however, the shaft- 30 docs n t. rcvolvc at the speedwhich will preclude. the ec entric rain 31 from actuating the blade 8 toeffectually clip'the hair of the subject. ()thcr incans may, be providedfor applying power to reciprocate the blade 8 and I do not limit myselfin this respect to any specific means for operating said blade 8.

I claim:

I. In a clipper. the combination o'l a stationary blade, a handle forsupporting said stationary blade, a reciprocating blade. means foroperating said rcciprocating blade, a comb pivotally mounted upon saidstationary blade, a second handle pitvotally connected with said namedhandle and means connecting said second handle with said comb for movingsaid comb upon its pivot.

2. In a clipper, the combination of a stir tionary toothed blade, asecond toothed blade of the teeth to lie closer to the skin of the Imounted upon said stationary blade, means beveled downi forreciprocating said second blade. a comb pivoted to the heel of saidstationary blade, a pair of handles, one of which is rigidly connectedto said stationary blade, and the other of which is pivotally connectedto the first named handle and a connection be tween said pivoted handleand said comb for oscillating the latter upon its pivot.

3. In a hair clipper the combination of a pair of relatively movabletoothed blades, a supporting handle for one of said blades. a pivotedhandle connected to said supporting handle, a comb pivotally mounted inconnection with said supporting handle and arm extending from saidpivoted handle to a part of said comb for oscillating the latter uponits pivot.

4. in a hair clipper. toothed blade. a comb pivoted to said blade. andhaving the points oil its teeth normally located between the teeth ofsaid blade, and means for o eillating said comb upon its pivot towardand away from said blade.

.ln :1 hair clipper, a pair of handles. one of which is pivotallyconnected with the other, a spring for normally separating said handles,a pair of toothed blades. a comb pivotally connected to one of saidblades. and a connection between said pi oted handle and said comb forosei biting the latter upon its pivot.

6. in a hair clipper. a pair of handles one of which is pivotallyconnected with the other, a blade secured to one of said handles. a combpivotally mounted upon the back of said blade. a spring: for normallyholding said comb against the back of said blade. a cutting blademounted upon said first named blade for cooperation therewith, and aconne tion between said pivoted handle and said comb for oscillating thelatter upon its pivot.

T. in a hair clipper, the combination of a supporting handle. anoperating handle pivotally connected t said supporting handle, a springfor separating said handles, a

toothed blade rigidly secured to said sup-' porting handle, areciprocating blade mounted upon said first named blade, :1 combpivorally mounted upon the back of said tirst named blade, meansconnecting said operating handle and said comb for swinging the sameaway from said first named blade, and a spring for reversing the swingof said comb.

in a clipper, the combination of a stationary blade, a handle forsupporting said stationary blade, a reciprocating blade, means foroperating said reciprocating blade, a comb pivotally mounted upon saidstationary blade, a second handle pivotally con neeted with said firstnamed handle, means connecting said second handle with said said pivotedhandle and said comb for oscillzuinn' the latter upon its pivot. and ascale and pointer upon said handles for measuring; the degree of osillation of said comb.

10. In a hair clipper the combination of a pair of relatively movabletoothed blades,

a supporting handle for one of said blades, :1 pivoted handle connectedto said supporting handle,-a comb pivotally mounted in connection withsaid supporting handle. arm extending from said pivoted handle to a partof said comb for oscillating the latter upon its pivot, a scale uponsaid supporting handle and a pointer upon said pivoted handle formeasuring the degree of oscillation of said comb upon its pivot.

ll. lo a hair clipper. a toothed blade, a comb pivoted to said blade andhaving the points of its teeth normally located between the teeth ofsaid blade, means for oscillating said comb upon its pivot toward andaway from said blade, and means for measuring the degree of suchoscillation.

12. In a hair clipper, a pair of handles, one of which is pivotallyconnected with the other, a spring for normally separating said handles.a toothed blade. :1 comb pivotally i'niinttlt'tl to said blade. aconnection between said pivoted handle and said comb for oscillating thelatter upon its pivot, and a scale and pointer connected respectively tosaid handles For measuring the degree of such oscillation.

13. In a hair clipper, a pair of hantles one of which is pivotallyconnected with other, ablade secured to one of said handles, a combpivotally mounted upon the back of said blade, a spring for normallyholding said comb against the back of said blade. :1 connection betweensaid pivoted handle and said comb for oscillating the latter upon itspivot, and a scale and pointer connected respectively to said handlesfor measuring the degree of such oscillation.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set mv hand.

I NICHOLAS ACCISANO. In presence of- LoUIs M. SANDERS Rosa SCULLY.

